diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
index f44acc4a..c26981e3 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/cvars.rs
@@ -234,14 +234,7 @@ pub(crate) const REGISTERED: &[Registered] = &[
     // `autoSelfCast` (register site `0x6e731d`, record `[0xceac34]`, read at `0x6e53d7`; `0x870dc0`
     // is its name string): a friendly cast that binds nothing falls back to the caster.
     // `TOGGLEAUTOSELFCAST` toggles it.
-    deviates(
-        "autoSelfCast",
-        "1",
-        "0",
-        "with it off, an unbindable friendly cast falls into the reference's \
-         targeting-cursor machine, which is unmodeled — leaving no path at all. Flip when that \
-         machine lands",
-    ),
+    same("autoSelfCast", "0"),
     // The five saved camera views and the live index, at the reference's names and default strings;
     // owned by [`crate::player::camera_view`]. Registered so a `SaveView` persists.
     same(
@@ -1524,7 +1517,6 @@ mod tests {
             names,
             vec![
                 "SoundReverb",
-                "autoSelfCast",
                 "frillDensity",
                 "gxApi",
                 "gxColorBits",
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/game_plugins.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/game_plugins.rs
index 1fb86f24..c4fd6f11 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/game_plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/game_plugins.rs
@@ -662,12 +662,17 @@ pub(crate) mod schedule_tests {
     ///   `Player`: it reads `control_lost`, and they write only `settling` and `world_stale`;
     /// - `ui_quest::lines::feed_quest_lines` against `ui_items::feed_item_stats` and
     ///   `ui_tooltip::feed_spell_tooltips` over `Items` and the VM: it only reads templates, which
-    ///   those two do not write, and a chat line commutes with their pushes.
+    ///   those two do not write, and a chat line commutes with their pushes;
+    /// - `spell::targeting::drain_spell_target_unit` against the lone `.after(UiInput)` cast
+    ///   drains over the `CastLadder`, and the party, pet-book and chat drains over the unit-token
+    ///   resolver: the class `drop_item_on_unit` and the world click's legs already carry, as none
+    ///   of those drains orders against the target chain. A cast press and a unit-frame bind in one
+    ///   frame take either order until the cast drains share a set that does.
     ///
     /// Raising the ceiling is a claim that a new undeclared order is acceptable: make it with the
     /// reason read off the dump, or declare the order (`.after`, a set, a `chain`). A resource
     /// that commutes by construction belongs in [`Classes`].
-    const UPDATE_ACTIONABLE_CEILING: usize = 5_463;
+    const UPDATE_ACTIONABLE_CEILING: usize = 5_481;
     const UPDATE_ACTIONABLE_SLACK: usize = 40;
 
     fn ratchet(what: &str, n: usize, ceiling: usize, slack: usize) {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_send.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_send.rs
index 1b1c8c5f..ef8068c4 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_send.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_send.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ pub(crate) enum TargetedBind {
     Item(u64),
     /// The world click's GameObject guid: a chest, door, vein or herb.
     Object(u64),
+    /// The world click's unit guid.
+    Unit(u64),
 }
 
 impl CastLadder<'_, '_> {
@@ -126,6 +128,10 @@ impl CastLadder<'_, '_> {
                 TargetedBind::Object(go_guid) => {
                     ClientCommand::CastSpellGameObject { spell_id, go_guid }
                 }
+                TargetedBind::Unit(unit_guid) => ClientCommand::CastSpell {
+                    spell_id,
+                    target: Some(unit_guid),
+                },
             },
             CastCommit::Item {
                 bag_index,
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ impl CastLadder<'_, '_> {
                     TargetedBind::Source(src) => UseItemTarget::Source(src),
                     TargetedBind::Item(guid) => UseItemTarget::Item(guid),
                     TargetedBind::Object(guid) => UseItemTarget::Object(guid),
+                    TargetedBind::Unit(guid) => UseItemTarget::Unit(guid),
                 },
             },
         };
@@ -404,18 +411,7 @@ fn send_spell_cast(
     if let Some(d) = def {
         if target.is_some() && target == ctx.selection_guid && target != ctx.self_guid {
             let row = spells.and_then(|s| s.ranges.get(d.range_index));
-            let dist_sq = ctx
-                .range
-                .self_pos
-                .zip(ctx.range.target_pos)
-                .map(|(a, b)| a.distance_squared(b));
-            if let Some(reason) = validator::cast_range_refusal(
-                d,
-                row,
-                ctx.range.self_reach,
-                ctx.range.target_reach,
-                dist_sq,
-            ) {
+            if let Some(reason) = ctx.range.refusal(d, row) {
                 debug!("ui_action: cast {spell_id} refused locally — range ({reason:#x})");
                 cast_errors.push_local(spell_id, reason);
                 return;
@@ -723,6 +719,7 @@ mod tests {
             auto_self_cast: false,
             rel: cast_target::TargetRelations {
                 target_store: None,
+                target_owner_store: None,
                 self_store: None,
                 factions: None,
                 reputations: &EMPTY_REPUTATIONS,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_target.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_target.rs
index 52614d9b..fd842c0a 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_target.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/cast_target.rs
@@ -9,18 +9,20 @@
 //! - otherwise each bit is cleared against the selection by its relation check, then against the
 //!   player behind `autoSelfCast` (`0x6e53d7`); only a fully cleared word commits, as a unit guid.
 //! - a word with item, lock, GameObject or location bits enters the targeting cursor carrying
-//!   the whole word: its three predicates (`0x6e6320` `& 0x60`, `0x6e6330` `& 0x4010`, `0x6e62d0`
-//!   `& 0x4800`) can hold at once, and the click picks the leg.
+//!   the whole word: its location (`0x6e6320`, `& 0x60`), item (`0x6e6330`, `& 0x4010`),
+//!   GameObject (`0x6e62d0`, `& 0x4800`) and unit (`0x6e6460`) predicates can hold at once, and
+//!   the click picks the leg.
 //!
-//! Not built: the unit hand cursor the reference enters for a residual unit word, and the STRING
-//! bit 13; both refuse locally with the client's "You have no target." or "Invalid target".
+//! The unit hand cursor receives a residual unit word without the enemy bit. A word carrying
+//! `0x80` instead raises the local no-target/invalid-target refusal; STRING bit 13 remains
+//! unmodeled and refuses locally with "Invalid target".
 
 use benilla_formats::SpellDisplay;
 use bevy::ecs::system::SystemParam;
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 
-use crate::net::{ObjectStore, Reputations, SelfGuid, SelfPlayer};
-use crate::target::{can_attack, ring_reaction, Factions, Selection};
+use crate::net::{GuidIndex, ObjectStore, Reputations, SelfGuid, SelfPlayer};
+use crate::target::{can_assist, can_attack, Factions, Selection};
 
 /// `TARGET_FLAG_*` bits of the client's targeting flag word (`0xcecac0`).
 const TF_UNIT: u16 = 0x0002;
@@ -41,8 +43,7 @@ const UNIT_BITS: u16 = TF_UNIT
     | TF_EXPLICIT_GATE
     | TF_CORPSE_ALLY;
 
-/// Client cast-failed reasons "You have no target." and "Invalid target", raised locally where
-/// the reference would enter its unit targeting cursor.
+/// Client cast-failed reasons used when an enemy word cannot bind.
 pub(crate) const ERR_NO_TARGET: u8 = 0x09;
 pub(crate) const ERR_INVALID_TARGET: u8 = 0x0A;
 
@@ -82,8 +83,7 @@ pub(crate) enum CastWireTarget {
     /// `IsTargeting 0x6e48a0`). Each click seam tests the word with its own mask, so one word can
     /// serve several: Opening and Pick Lock take a bag item or a world GameObject.
     Targeting(u16),
-    /// Do not send; show this client error. The reference raises nothing here: it enters its unit
-    /// targeting cursor, which is not built.
+    /// Do not send; show this client error.
     Refused(u8),
     /// A refusal the reference raises in its cast tail after `ArmCast` returns false (`0x6e5045`).
     /// That tail runs after the requirement validator `0x6094f0`, so it fires at the cursor-entry
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ pub(crate) struct CastCandidates {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub(crate) struct TargetRelations<'a> {
     pub(crate) target_store: Option<&'a ObjectStore>,
+    /// The target's charmer, creator or summoner store, for `CanAssist`'s `IsPvP` owner chase.
+    pub(crate) target_owner_store: Option<&'a ObjectStore>,
     pub(crate) self_store: Option<&'a ObjectStore>,
     pub(crate) factions: Option<&'a Factions>,
     pub(crate) reputations: &'a Reputations,
@@ -140,6 +142,24 @@ pub(crate) struct RangeInputs {
     pub(crate) target_reach: Option<f32>,
 }
 
+impl RangeInputs {
+    /// The one range compare: the squared 3D distance against `GetMinMaxRange 0x6e3480`'s bounds,
+    /// "Out of range." (0x59) past max², "Target too close" (0x76) inside a nonzero min². The
+    /// pre-send gate (`IsTargetInRange 0x6e47b0`) and the targeting cursor's unit leg (`0x6e6460`,
+    /// `6e677c`–`6e6802`) both ask it. No row or no position passes; the server judges.
+    pub(crate) fn refusal(
+        &self,
+        def: &SpellDisplay,
+        row: Option<&benilla_formats::SpellRange>,
+    ) -> Option<u8> {
+        let dist_sq = self
+            .self_pos
+            .zip(self.target_pos)
+            .map(|(a, b)| a.distance_squared(b));
+        super::validator::cast_range_refusal(def, row, self.self_reach, self.target_reach, dist_sq)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Default for RangeInputs {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -158,6 +178,7 @@ pub(crate) struct CastTargeting<'w, 's> {
     pub(crate) selection: Res<'w, Selection>,
     pub(crate) self_store: Query<'w, 's, &'static ObjectStore, With<SelfPlayer>>,
     stores: Query<'w, 's, &'static ObjectStore>,
+    index: Option<Res<'w, GuidIndex>>,
     self_guid: Res<'w, SelfGuid>,
     auto_self_cast: Res<'w, AutoSelfCast>,
     factions: Option<Res<'w, Factions>>,
@@ -173,12 +194,21 @@ impl CastTargeting<'_, '_> {
     /// This frame's [`CastContext`].
     pub(crate) fn context(&self) -> CastContext<'_> {
         let target_store = self.selection.target.and_then(|e| self.stores.get(e).ok());
+        let target_owner_store = target_store
+            .and_then(|store| {
+                store
+                    .0
+                    .unit_owner(benilla_protocol::messages::OwnerFallback::CreatedBy)
+            })
+            .and_then(|guid| self.index.as_ref()?.0.get(&guid).copied())
+            .and_then(|entity| self.stores.get(entity).ok());
         CastContext {
             selection_guid: self.selection.guid,
             self_guid: self.self_guid.0,
             auto_self_cast: self.auto_self_cast.0,
             rel: TargetRelations {
                 target_store,
+                target_owner_store,
                 self_store: self.self_store.iter().next(),
                 factions: self.factions.as_deref(),
                 reputations: &self.reputations,
@@ -212,9 +242,7 @@ impl CastTargeting<'_, '_> {
 const EQUIPMENT_SLOT_MAINHAND: u8 = 15;
 
 /// The `autoSelfCast` CVar (name `0x870dc0`, read at `0x6e53d7`; reference default `"0"`).
-/// Deviation: defaults on, because with it off an unbindable friendly cast needs the unit
-/// targeting cursor, which is not built.
-#[derive(bevy::prelude::Resource)]
+#[derive(bevy::prelude::Resource, Default)]
 pub(crate) struct AutoSelfCast(pub(crate) bool);
 
 /// `autoSelfCast`'s change callback: a flag.
@@ -224,12 +252,6 @@ pub(crate) fn on_cvar(ev: On<crate::cvars::CvarChanged>, mut auto: ResMut<AutoSe
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for AutoSelfCast {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self(true)
-    }
-}
-
 /// The flag word: `Targets`, then one arm keyed on `EffectImplicitTargetA[0]` (`0x6e525a`-
 /// `0x6e52ef`); every implicit target not matched below leaves the word as it is.
 pub(crate) fn cast_target_mask(def: &SpellDisplay) -> u16 {
@@ -253,18 +275,20 @@ pub(crate) fn cast_target_mask(def: &SpellDisplay) -> u16 {
 
 /// `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`'s unit branch: clear every flag-word bit the candidate satisfies.
 ///
-/// The reference asks `CanAssist 0x6066f0` for the assist bit; this uses reaction alone (>= 4).
+/// The assist bit asks `CanAssist 0x6066f0`: selectable, friendly or better, and an NPC's owner
+/// (or the NPC itself) PvP-enabled. This keeps friendly ambient NPCs and critters unbindable.
 /// The enemy bit asks `CanAttack` (`0x606980`). Party and raid (`0x606c20`, `0x606d20`) accept
 /// only the player; the corpse check (`0x6067d0`) is assistable with health 0 here.
 fn clear_satisfied_bits(word: u16, is_self: bool, rel: &TargetRelations) -> u16 {
     let mut word = word;
-    let reaction = ring_reaction(
-        rel.factions,
-        rel.reputations,
-        rel.target_store,
-        rel.self_store,
-    );
-    let assist = is_self || reaction >= 4;
+    let assist = is_self
+        || can_assist(
+            rel.target_store,
+            rel.factions,
+            rel.reputations,
+            rel.self_store,
+            |_| rel.target_owner_store.cloned(),
+        );
     let dead = rel
         .target_store
         .is_some_and(|s| s.0.unit_health() == Some(0));
@@ -304,6 +328,12 @@ fn clear_satisfied_bits(word: u16, is_self: bool, rel: &TargetRelations) -> u16
     word
 }
 
+/// Whether `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`'s unit arm clears the whole standing word for this unit.
+/// The initial selection, a world click and `SpellTargetUnit` all use this one predicate.
+pub(super) fn unit_word_binds(word: u16, is_self: bool, rel: &TargetRelations) -> bool {
+    word & UNIT_BITS != 0 && clear_satisfied_bits(word, is_self, rel) == 0
+}
+
 /// The wire target for casting `def`. An unknown spell sends the selection as is, or no target
 /// without one, and the server validates.
 pub(crate) fn resolve_cast_target(
@@ -361,7 +391,7 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve_cast_target(
     // The selection (`0xb4e2d8`, `0x6e539f`).
     if let Some(guid) = cand.selection {
         let is_self = cand.caster == Some(guid);
-        if clear_satisfied_bits(word, is_self, rel) == 0 {
+        if unit_word_binds(word, is_self, rel) {
             return CastWireTarget::Unit(guid);
         }
     }
@@ -370,19 +400,25 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve_cast_target(
         if let Some(guid) = cand.caster {
             let self_rel = TargetRelations {
                 target_store: rel.self_store,
+                target_owner_store: None,
                 ..*rel
             };
-            if clear_satisfied_bits(word, true, &self_rel) == 0 {
+            if unit_word_binds(word, true, &self_rel) {
                 return CastWireTarget::Unit(guid);
             }
         }
     }
-    // The reference enters its unit targeting cursor here; not built, so refuse.
-    CastWireTarget::Refused(if cand.selection.is_some() {
-        ERR_INVALID_TARGET
+    // A standing enemy word refuses locally. Every other residual unit word proceeds to
+    // `BindTarget`'s hand cursor.
+    if word & TF_UNIT_ENEMY != 0 {
+        CastWireTarget::Refused(if cand.selection.is_some() {
+            ERR_INVALID_TARGET
+        } else {
+            ERR_NO_TARGET
+        })
     } else {
-        ERR_NO_TARGET
-    })
+        CastWireTarget::Targeting(word)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -406,6 +442,14 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn auto_self_cast_boots_at_the_reference_default() {
+        assert!(
+            !AutoSelfCast::default().0,
+            "autoSelfCast defaults to the reference's disabled state"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn mask_follows_the_arm_map() {
         assert_eq!(cast_target_mask(&spell(0, 1)), 0, "Ice Armor: self");
@@ -442,6 +486,7 @@ mod tests {
         let it = crate::net::ObjectStore(ObjectFields::from_pairs(&[(35, 0)]));
         let rel = TargetRelations {
             target_store: Some(&it),
+            target_owner_store: None,
             self_store: Some(&me),
             factions: None,
             reputations: &Reputations(Vec::new()),
@@ -455,7 +500,8 @@ mod tests {
         let fireball = spell(0, 6);
         assert_eq!(
             resolve_cast_target(Some(&fireball), &cands(None, Some(1)), true, &rel),
-            CastWireTarget::Refused(ERR_NO_TARGET)
+            CastWireTarget::Refused(ERR_NO_TARGET),
+            "enemy words retain the no-target refusal"
         );
         // Neutral (3) is attackable by the mixed arm's `< 4` and not assistable by `>= 4`.
         assert_eq!(
@@ -463,6 +509,10 @@ mod tests {
             CastWireTarget::Unit(42)
         );
         let intellect = spell(0, 21);
+        assert!(
+            !unit_word_binds(TF_UNIT_ASSIST, false, &rel),
+            "the cursor's unit binder must reject the same neutral unit as the initial cast arm"
+        );
         assert_eq!(
             resolve_cast_target(Some(&intellect), &cands(Some(42), Some(1)), true, &rel),
             CastWireTarget::Unit(1),
@@ -470,8 +520,8 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(
             resolve_cast_target(Some(&intellect), &cands(Some(42), Some(1)), false, &rel),
-            CastWireTarget::Refused(ERR_INVALID_TARGET),
-            "autoSelfCast off: the fallback is gated"
+            CastWireTarget::Targeting(TF_UNIT_ASSIST),
+            "autoSelfCast off leaves the friendly word for the unit cursor"
         );
         assert_eq!(
             resolve_cast_target(Some(&intellect), &cands(None, Some(1)), true, &rel),
@@ -490,6 +540,38 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn assist_word_requires_the_npc_pvp_flag_not_only_a_friendly_reaction() {
+        use benilla_protocol::ObjectFields;
+
+        let data = benilla_formats::wow_data_or_skip!();
+        let mut chain = benilla_formats::open_chain(&data).expect("open chain");
+        let factions = Factions::from_catalog(
+            benilla_formats::load_faction_catalog(&mut chain).expect("FactionTemplate.dbc"),
+        );
+        // Faction templates 35 and 1 are a real friendly pair. Field 46 is UNIT_FIELD_FLAGS.
+        let me = ObjectStore(ObjectFields::from_pairs(&[(35, 1), (46, 0x8)]));
+        let quiet = ObjectStore(ObjectFields::from_pairs(&[(35, 35), (46, 0)]));
+        let pvp = ObjectStore(ObjectFields::from_pairs(&[(35, 35), (46, 0x1000)]));
+        let reputations = Reputations(Vec::new());
+        let rel = |target| TargetRelations {
+            target_store: Some(target),
+            target_owner_store: None,
+            self_store: Some(&me),
+            factions: Some(&factions),
+            reputations: &reputations,
+        };
+
+        assert!(
+            !unit_word_binds(TF_UNIT_ASSIST, false, &rel(&quiet)),
+            "a friendly ambient NPC is not assistable"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            unit_word_binds(TF_UNIT_ASSIST, false, &rel(&pvp)),
+            "the same friendly NPC becomes assistable with UNIT_FLAG_PVP"
+        );
+    }
+
     /// Flamestrike (implicit 16) defers even with a selection, Blizzard (implicit 28) by its
     /// bare DEST word; a word of 0 still commits first (`0x6e5338`).
     #[test]
@@ -660,6 +742,7 @@ mod tests {
         static EMPTY: Reputations = Reputations(Vec::new());
         TargetRelations {
             target_store: None,
+            target_owner_store: None,
             self_store: None,
             factions: None,
             reputations: &EMPTY,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/mod.rs
index f3bd10fc..eefb9fec 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::char_select::ClientState;
-use crate::ui_script::UiInput;
+use crate::ui_script::{UiFeed, UiInput};
 use crate::ui_unit::UnitFeed;
 use benilla_world::schedule::WorldStage;
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub(crate) use inflight::{
 };
 pub(crate) use mods::{SpellModifiers, OP_COST};
 // `TargetingWants` is exported for the ground reticle, which draws for the location word alone.
-pub(crate) use targeting::{ground_cast_radius, SpellTargeting, TargetingWants};
+pub(crate) use targeting::{ground_cast_radius, PicksSelf, SpellTargeting, TargetingWants};
 
 /// The local self-cancel's set: a reader of the in-flight state orders `.after(LocalCancel)` so a
 /// cast ended by a move, jump or Esc drops its cast bar the same frame.
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ impl Plugin for SpellPlugin {
             .init_resource::<AutoSelfCast>()
             .init_resource::<SpellTargeting>()
             .init_resource::<targeting::EnchantConfirmItem>()
+            .init_resource::<targeting::PicksSelf>()
             .add_observer(cast_target::on_cvar)
             .add_systems(
                 Update,
@@ -65,7 +66,12 @@ impl Plugin for SpellPlugin {
                         .before(UnitFeed),
                     // The state push runs before the input pass's `ToggleGameMenu` and the drain
                     // after it, so an Esc cancel lands before next frame's cursor reads the mode.
-                    targeting::feed_targeting_to_vm.in_set(UnitFeed),
+                    // After the old-target clear, the pet bar's writer in the feed: `"pet"`
+                    // resolves off the bar.
+                    targeting::feed_targeting_to_vm
+                        .in_set(UnitFeed)
+                        .after(crate::ui_pet::pet_stop_on_old_target_clear),
+                    targeting::publish_picks_self.in_set(UiFeed),
                     targeting::drain_stop_targeting.after(UiInput),
                     // The item-target commit (`0x495d60`): after the input pass so a bag click
                     // binds the same frame; outside the target chain, as its clicks never reach
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/cursor.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/cursor.rs
index 6e575408..fbd3cfc9 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/cursor.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/cursor.rs
@@ -75,12 +75,13 @@ pub(crate) fn ground_cast_radius(spells: Option<&Spells>, spell_id: u32, level:
 /// its ray (`0x4812c8`) and the world cursor stays grey.
 ///
 /// The object arm is `0x6e6460`'s GameObject leg: `word & 0x4800`, the lock predicate `0x5f8260`,
-/// then the same min/max range test through `GetMinMaxRange 0x6e3480`. Its unit, world-item and
-/// corpse legs are unreachable here: a unit-target spell never enters targeting mode.
+/// then the same min/max range test through `GetMinMaxRange 0x6e3480`. Its unit leg is
+/// [`SpellTargeting::can_target_unit`]. The world-item and corpse legs are not built.
 ///
 /// Every seam shows the `Cast` kind, so this reads the whole-word [`SpellTargeting::spell`].
 pub(crate) fn drive_targeting_cursor(
     targeting: Res<SpellTargeting>,
+    unit_checks: super::UnitBindChecks,
     occlusion: Res<PickOcclusion>,
     hovered: Res<crate::target::Hovered>,
     hovered_object: Res<crate::target::HoveredObject>,
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ pub(crate) fn drive_targeting_cursor(
     };
     let row = range_row(spells.as_deref(), spell_id);
     let me = self_tf.single().ok().map(|tf| tf.translation);
-    // "A GameObject is the nearest pick" is the same test the click uses
-    // ([`super::world::commit_object_cast_on_click`]).
+    // The arm the click would take ([`super::world::commit_object_cast_on_click`]): a GameObject
+    // word's nearest GameObject, else the picked unit, else the terrain.
     let able = if targeting.wants(TargetingWants::GameObject)
         && crate::target::go_is_nearest(&hovered, &hovered_object)
     {
@@ -116,6 +117,11 @@ pub(crate) fn drive_targeting_cursor(
             row,
             me,
         )
+    } else if let Some(unit) = hovered
+        .target
+        .filter(|_| targeting.wants(TargetingWants::Unit))
+    {
+        targeting.can_target_unit(unit, &unit_checks)
     } else if targeting.wants(TargetingWants::Location) {
         // `0x4820f0`. No ground hit (sky, mouselook) is state 0, UnableCast.
         match (occlusion.point, me) {
@@ -289,6 +295,7 @@ mod tests {
             world.init_resource::<crate::go_templates::GameObjectTemplates>();
             world.init_resource::<crate::items::Items>();
             world.init_resource::<crate::net::GuidIndex>();
+            world.insert_resource(crate::net::Reputations(Vec::new()));
             world.insert_resource(PickOcclusion {
                 distance: 10.0,
                 point,
@@ -341,4 +348,89 @@ mod tests {
         // A lock word that also carries DEST (`0x4840`) keeps its terrain handler off a GameObject.
         assert!(verdict(0x4840, Some(Vec3::ZERO), None));
     }
+
+    /// `0x6e6460`'s unit leg over a hovered unit: the relation checks, then min² ≤ d² ≤ max²
+    /// (`6e677c`–`6e6802`). Row 5 is 0 to 30 yd and row 114 is 8 to 35 yd, both padded by the two
+    /// 1.5 combat reaches: 0 to 33 and 11 to 38.
+    #[test]
+    fn the_unit_leg_is_grey_out_of_range_or_off_relation() {
+        use bevy::ecs::system::RunSystemOnce;
+        use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+        const HEAL: u32 = 2050;
+        const SHOT: u32 = 75;
+        let verdict_for = |spell: u32, word: u16, distance: f32| {
+            let mut world = World::new();
+            world.init_resource::<WorldCursor>();
+            world.init_resource::<SpellTargeting>();
+            world.init_resource::<crate::target::HoveredObject>();
+            world.init_resource::<crate::go_templates::GameObjectTemplates>();
+            world.init_resource::<crate::items::Items>();
+            world.init_resource::<crate::net::GuidIndex>();
+            world.insert_resource(crate::net::Reputations(Vec::new()));
+            world.init_resource::<PickOcclusion>();
+            let display = |range_index| benilla_formats::SpellDisplay {
+                range_index,
+                ..Default::default()
+            };
+            let row = |min, max| SpellRange { min, max, flags: 0 };
+            let mut spells = Spells::empty_for_tests();
+            spells.catalog = benilla_formats::SpellCatalog::from_displays(HashMap::from([
+                (HEAL, display(5)),
+                (SHOT, display(114)),
+            ]));
+            spells.ranges = benilla_formats::SpellRangeCatalog::from_rows(HashMap::from([
+                (5, row(0.0, 30.0)),
+                (114, row(8.0, 35.0)),
+            ]));
+            world.insert_resource(spells);
+            let empty = || crate::net::ObjectStore(benilla_protocol::ObjectFields::default());
+            world.spawn((
+                SelfPlayer,
+                Transform::default(),
+                GlobalTransform::default(),
+                empty(),
+            ));
+            let unit = world
+                .spawn((
+                    GlobalTransform::from_translation(Vec3::new(distance, 0.0, 0.0)),
+                    empty(),
+                ))
+                .id();
+            world.insert_resource(crate::target::Hovered {
+                target: Some(unit),
+                guid: Some(0xF130_0000_0000_0001),
+                distance: 5.0,
+                ..Default::default()
+            });
+            world.resource_mut::<SpellTargeting>().enter(
+                spell,
+                crate::spell::CastCommit::Spell,
+                word,
+            );
+            world
+                .run_system_once(drive_targeting_cursor)
+                .expect("the targeting cursor drives");
+            !world.resource::<WorldCursor>().unable
+        };
+        let verdict = |word, distance| verdict_for(HEAL, word, distance);
+
+        // `TARGET_FLAG_UNIT` (0x2) binds any unit, so only range decides.
+        assert!(verdict(0x0002, 10.0), "a valid unit in range → Cast");
+        assert!(
+            !verdict(0x0002, 40.0),
+            "the same unit out of range → UnableCast"
+        );
+        // An assist word over a unit with no faction catalog: neutral, not assistable.
+        assert!(
+            !verdict(0x0100, 10.0),
+            "a unit that fails the relation → UnableCast"
+        );
+        // Inside the minimum is out of range too.
+        assert!(verdict_for(SHOT, 0x0002, 20.0), "inside the band → Cast");
+        assert!(
+            !verdict_for(SHOT, 0x0002, 5.0),
+            "inside the minimum → UnableCast"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/mod.rs
index 3481b208..cfb5dafc 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/mod.rs
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@
 //! word and each click seam asks it its own mask test ([`TargetingWants`]).
 //!
 //! - [`cursor`]: the hover verdict per seam. Terrain is `0x4820f0`'s `CheckGroundPointInRange
-//!   0x6e6810`, a GameObject is `0x4828d0`'s `0x6e6460` (the spell-vs-lock predicate `0x5f8260`,
-//!   then range), and a word no seam handles is UnableCast.
+//!   0x6e6810`, a GameObject or a unit is `0x4828d0`'s `0x6e6460` (the spell-vs-lock predicate
+//!   `0x5f8260` or [`SpellTargeting::can_target_unit`], then range), and a word no seam handles is
+//!   UnableCast.
 //! - [`world`]: the world-click dispatcher `0x492ce0`, its terrain leg (`0x492580` → `BindLocation
-//!   0x6e60f0`) and its object leg (`0x4925d0` → `SetSelection 0x493540` → `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`).
+//!   0x6e60f0`) and its object leg (`0x4925d0` → `SetSelection 0x493540` → `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`),
+//!   whose unit arm [`bind_target_unit`] shares with `SpellTargetUnit` ([`drain_spell_target_unit`]).
 //! - [`item`]: the bag click (`PickupContainerItem 0x4f9b30`) and the paper-doll click
 //!   (`0x4c7300`), both `IsTargeting`, `TargetingWantsItem 0x6e6330`, then `0x495d60`, whose
 //!   confirm popups park the clicked guid (`0xb4e3c0`) with the word still standing.
 //!
 //! Every seam commits through [`crate::spell::CastLadder::commit_targeted`] (`SendCast 0x6e54f0`).
-//! Neither world leg has a range gate: the click sends and the server judges range, and
-//! `CheckGroundPointInRange` only colours the cursor. While targeting, the pick flags come from
-//! the word alone, so a click over a unit with a dest-only word commits on the ground behind it.
+//! Only the unit arm has a range gate: the terrain and GameObject clicks send and the server
+//! judges range, and `CheckGroundPointInRange` only colours the cursor. While targeting, the pick
+//! flags come from the word alone, so a click over a unit with a dest-only word commits on the
+//! ground behind it.
 //!
 //! Cancels: ESC through `UIParent.lua:1490` ([`feed_targeting_to_vm`], [`drain_stop_targeting`]),
 //! the right-button down edge ([`cancel_targeting_on_right_press`]), a new spell's press, which
@@ -34,11 +37,104 @@ use bevy::prelude::*;
 
 use benilla_world::interact::WorldRightPress;
 
+/// The inputs of the cursor's two unit functions, [`SpellTargeting::can_target_unit`] and
+/// [`bind_target_unit`]: the relation checks the cast arm's selection bind runs
+/// ([`super::cast_target::unit_word_binds`]) and the pre-send range gate's inputs
+/// ([`super::cast_target::RangeInputs`]), read as [`super::cast_target::CastTargeting`] reads them.
+#[derive(bevy::ecs::system::SystemParam)]
+pub(crate) struct UnitBindChecks<'w, 's> {
+    stores: Query<'w, 's, &'static crate::net::ObjectStore>,
+    index: Option<Res<'w, crate::net::GuidIndex>>,
+    self_q: Query<
+        'w,
+        's,
+        (Entity, Option<&'static crate::net::ObjectStore>),
+        With<crate::net::SelfPlayer>,
+    >,
+    factions: Option<Res<'w, crate::target::Factions>>,
+    reputations: Res<'w, crate::net::Reputations>,
+    /// The range leg's positions: the pose the hover picks against, as last frame propagated it,
+    /// so the VM feed, the cursor and both binds read one pose. Never the camera's, which
+    /// `publish_camera_pose` rewrites mid-frame.
+    poses: Query<'w, 's, &'static GlobalTransform, Without<benilla_world::view::WorldCamera>>,
+    spells: Option<Res<'w, crate::ui_action::Spells>>,
+}
+
+impl UnitBindChecks<'_, '_> {
+    fn is_self(&self, entity: Entity) -> bool {
+        self.self_q
+            .iter()
+            .next()
+            .is_some_and(|(me, _)| me == entity)
+    }
+
+    /// `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`'s relation checks: whether this unit clears the whole word.
+    fn relations_clear(&self, word: u16, entity: Entity) -> bool {
+        let target_store = self.stores.get(entity).ok();
+        let target_owner_store = target_store
+            .and_then(|store| {
+                store
+                    .0
+                    .unit_owner(benilla_protocol::messages::OwnerFallback::CreatedBy)
+            })
+            .and_then(|guid| self.index.as_ref()?.0.get(&guid).copied())
+            .and_then(|owner| self.stores.get(owner).ok());
+        let rel = super::cast_target::TargetRelations {
+            target_store,
+            target_owner_store,
+            self_store: self.self_q.iter().next().and_then(|(_, store)| store),
+            factions: self.factions.as_deref(),
+            reputations: &self.reputations,
+        };
+        super::cast_target::unit_word_binds(word, self.is_self(entity), &rel)
+    }
+
+    /// The spell's min/max range against this unit, through the one compare the pre-send gate
+    /// asks ([`super::cast_target::RangeInputs::refusal`]); our own body is distance 0. An
+    /// unknown spell or a missing row passes.
+    fn range_refusal(&self, spell_id: u32, entity: Entity) -> Option<u8> {
+        let spells = self.spells.as_deref()?;
+        let def = spells.catalog.get(spell_id)?;
+        let me = self.self_q.iter().next();
+        let mut range = super::cast_target::RangeInputs {
+            self_pos: me
+                .and_then(|(e, _)| self.poses.get(e).ok())
+                .map(GlobalTransform::translation),
+            target_pos: self
+                .poses
+                .get(entity)
+                .ok()
+                .map(GlobalTransform::translation),
+            target_reach: self
+                .stores
+                .get(entity)
+                .ok()
+                .map(|s| s.0.unit_combat_reach()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        if let Some((_, Some(store))) = me {
+            range.self_reach = store.0.unit_combat_reach();
+        }
+        range.refusal(def, spells.ranges.get(def.range_index))
+    }
+
+    /// The caster under a spell with `AttributesEx & 0x80000` (`6e6507`).
+    fn excluded_caster(&self, spell_id: u32, entity: Entity) -> bool {
+        self.is_self(entity)
+            && self
+                .spells
+                .as_deref()
+                .and_then(|s| s.catalog.get(spell_id))
+                .is_some_and(|d| d.excludes_caster())
+    }
+}
+
 /// A click seam's mask test on the flag_word `0xcecac0`, one per reference predicate:
 ///
 /// - `Location`: `TargetingWantsLocation 0x6e6320`, `word & 0x60`, the terrain click.
 /// - `Item`: `TargetingWantsItem 0x6e6330`, `word & 0x4010`, the bag and paper-doll clicks.
 /// - `GameObject`: `TargetingWantsGameObject 0x6e62d0`, `word & 0x4800`, the world object click.
+/// - `Unit`: `SpellCanTargetUnit 0x6e6460`, the unit arm of the world click.
 ///
 /// The masks overlap on `TARGET_FLAG_LOCKED`, so a lock spell answers both the item and the
 /// GameObject seam; the reference settles it only at the click, where `BindTarget 0x6e5b40` picks
@@ -48,10 +144,11 @@ pub(crate) enum TargetingWants {
     Location,
     Item,
     GameObject,
+    Unit,
 }
 
-/// The unit-shaped bits of the flag_word, what `SpellCanTargetUnit` tests. The resolver binds or
-/// refuses a unit word before it reaches the cursor, so none is set today.
+/// The unit-shaped bits of the flag_word, the first gate `SpellCanTargetUnit` tests before it runs
+/// the candidate through the unit arm's relation and liveness checks.
 const UNIT_WORD_BITS: u16 = 0x0002 | 0x0004 | 0x0008 | 0x0080 | 0x0100 | 0x0200 | 0x0400 | 0x8000;
 
 impl TargetingWants {
@@ -60,11 +157,16 @@ impl TargetingWants {
             Self::Location => 0x0060,
             Self::Item => 0x4010,
             Self::GameObject => 0x4800,
+            Self::Unit => UNIT_WORD_BITS,
         };
         word & mask != 0
     }
 }
 
+/// The word bits `0x6e61a0` lets the world pick take the local player for: unit, raid, party,
+/// assist, the explicit gate and the ally corpse, never enemy (`0x80`) or enemy corpse (`0x200`).
+const SELF_PICK_BITS: u16 = 0x850e;
+
 /// The targeting mode, `Some` while the flag_word is nonzero. Entered by the cast-send path
 /// ([`super::cast_target::CastWireTarget::Targeting`]), cleared by a commit or a cancel.
 #[derive(Resource, Default)]
@@ -96,6 +198,36 @@ impl SpellTargeting {
         self.0.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| wants.matches(t.word))
     }
 
+    /// `SpellCanTargetUnit`'s predicate `0x6e6460`, its unit leg, with the range flag both callers
+    /// pass (the world hover `0x4828d0` at `48290b`, the Lua `SpellCanTargetUnit 0x6e6d00`):
+    /// `BindTarget`'s relation checks, the caster refused under `AttributesEx & 0x80000`
+    /// (`6e6507`), then min² ≤ d² ≤ max² (`6e677c`–`6e6802`), so a unit inside the minimum is out
+    /// too. There is no line-of-sight test.
+    pub(crate) fn can_target_unit(&self, entity: Entity, checks: &UnitBindChecks) -> bool {
+        self.0.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| {
+            checks.relations_clear(t.word, entity)
+                && !checks.excluded_caster(t.spell_id, entity)
+                && checks.range_refusal(t.spell_id, entity).is_none()
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// `0x6e61a0`: whether the world pick takes the local player, the pick flag `0x20` that
+    /// `0x480610` tests at `48062c`. Never outside targeting (`480638`); while targeting, a word in
+    /// `0x850e` whose spell lacks `AttributesEx & 0x80000` (`6e61cf`). An unknown spell passes.
+    pub(crate) fn picks_self(&self, spells: Option<&crate::ui_action::Spells>) -> bool {
+        self.0.as_ref().is_some_and(|t| {
+            t.word & SELF_PICK_BITS != 0
+                && !spells
+                    .and_then(|s| s.catalog.get(t.spell_id))
+                    .is_some_and(|d| d.excludes_caster())
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// The pending cast and its standing word, whatever seam it wants.
+    fn pending(&self) -> Option<(u32, super::cast_send::CastCommit, u16)> {
+        self.0.as_ref().map(|t| (t.spell_id, t.commit, t.word))
+    }
+
     /// The pending spell when the standing word answers `wants`. A surface that draws or binds for
     /// one seam reads this, never [`Self::spell`], or an armed lockpick gets an AoE reticle.
     pub(crate) fn spell_for(&self, wants: TargetingWants) -> Option<u32> {
@@ -163,6 +295,24 @@ pub(crate) fn cancel_targeting_on_right_press(
     targeting.clear();
 }
 
+/// [`SpellTargeting::picks_self`] as the frame began, which the world pick reads
+/// ([`crate::target`]'s hover): the word the VM's `SpellIsTargeting` answers from, in a declared
+/// order against every cast drain that arms or ends the cursor after the input pass.
+#[derive(Resource, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct PicksSelf(pub(crate) bool);
+
+/// Publish [`PicksSelf`] before the input pass.
+pub(crate) fn publish_picks_self(
+    targeting: Res<SpellTargeting>,
+    spells: Option<Res<crate::ui_action::Spells>>,
+    mut picks: ResMut<PicksSelf>,
+) {
+    let now = targeting.picks_self(spells.as_deref());
+    if picks.0 != now {
+        picks.0 = now;
+    }
+}
+
 /// Push the targeting state into the VM each frame, before the input pass, so a word armed last
 /// frame stands for this frame's clicks: the ESC chain's word, the bag and doll pickup reroute's
 /// item half, and `CURRENT_SPELL_CAST_CHANGED` on each edge. That event hides the enchant confirm
@@ -171,6 +321,9 @@ pub(crate) fn cancel_targeting_on_right_press(
 /// and re-arm in one frame still counts.
 pub(crate) fn feed_targeting_to_vm(
     targeting: Res<SpellTargeting>,
+    checks: UnitBindChecks,
+    tokens: crate::ui_unit::UnitTokens,
+    selection: Res<crate::target::Selection>,
     mut last: Local<crate::ui_script::VmMemo<Option<u32>>>,
     script: Option<NonSendMut<benilla_ui::script::UiScript>>,
 ) {
@@ -178,13 +331,12 @@ pub(crate) fn feed_targeting_to_vm(
         let last = last.get(&script);
         script.set_spell_targeting(targeting.active());
         script.set_item_pick_armed(targeting.wants(TargetingWants::Item));
-        // `SpellCanTargetUnit`, `0x6e6460`'s unit leg, read off the word.
-        script.set_spell_can_target_unit(
-            targeting
-                .0
-                .as_ref()
-                .is_some_and(|t| t.word & UNIT_WORD_BITS != 0),
-        );
+        // `SpellCanTargetUnit(unit)`: resolve each token and ask `0x6e6460`'s unit leg.
+        script.set_spell_targetable_units(crate::ui_unit::reach_tokens().filter(|token| {
+            tokens
+                .resolve(token, &selection)
+                .is_some_and(|(entity, _)| targeting.can_target_unit(entity, &checks))
+        }));
         if *last != targeting.spell() {
             *last = targeting.spell();
             script.fire_event("CURRENT_SPELL_CAST_CHANGED", vec![]);
@@ -207,9 +359,292 @@ pub(crate) fn drain_stop_targeting(
     }
 }
 
+/// `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`'s unit arm, for the world click (`0x493540` at `4935d5`) and
+/// `SpellTargetUnit` (`0x6e5b10`): the caster under `AttributesEx & 0x80000` (`6e5bf7`) or a unit
+/// failing the relation checks binds nothing and the cursor stays up; one out of the spell's range
+/// raises "Out of range." or "Target too close" (`6e6063`); otherwise the cast commits at it. The
+/// player's selection never moves.
+fn bind_target_unit(
+    ladder: &mut crate::spell::CastLadder,
+    checks: &UnitBindChecks,
+    entity: Entity,
+    guid: u64,
+) {
+    let Some((spell_id, commit, word)) = ladder.ground.pending() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    if checks.excluded_caster(spell_id, entity) || !checks.relations_clear(word, entity) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Some(reason) = checks.range_refusal(spell_id, entity) {
+        // The reference's abort here (`6e6089`) also sends CMSG_CANCEL_CAST and strands the
+        // cursor (`6e5b93`) until a cancel: a bug, not copied; targeting stays armed and working.
+        debug!("ui_action: cast {spell_id} not bound at {guid:#x} — range ({reason:#x})");
+        ladder.cast_errors.push_local(spell_id, reason);
+        return;
+    }
+    debug!("ui_action: cast {spell_id} committed at unit {guid:#x}");
+    ladder.commit_targeted(spell_id, commit, super::cast_send::TargetedBind::Unit(guid));
+}
+
+/// Drain `SpellTargetUnit(unit)` (`0x6e6d90`) after the UI pass. The binding already raised the
+/// usage and unknown-token errors and dropped a call made while not targeting. Here a token that
+/// names no unit raises "Out of range." (0x59) and ends targeting, as the reference's abort
+/// clears the word, and a unit goes to [`bind_target_unit`].
+pub(crate) fn drain_spell_target_unit(
+    script: Option<NonSendMut<benilla_ui::script::UiScript>>,
+    tokens: crate::ui_unit::UnitTokens,
+    selection: Res<crate::target::Selection>,
+    checks: UnitBindChecks,
+    mut ladder: crate::spell::CastLadder,
+) {
+    let Some(mut script) = script else {
+        return;
+    };
+    for token in script.take_spell_target_unit() {
+        // An earlier token this frame may have bound or ended the cast: not targeting, no-op.
+        let Some(spell_id) = ladder.ground.spell() else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        match tokens.resolve(&token, &selection) {
+            Some((entity, guid)) => bind_target_unit(&mut ladder, &checks, entity, guid),
+            None => {
+                debug!("ui_action: SpellTargetUnit({token}) names no unit — cast {spell_id} ends");
+                ladder
+                    .cast_errors
+                    .push_local(spell_id, super::validator::ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE);
+                ladder.ground.clear();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::net::{ClientCommand, Guid, NetCommands, ObjectStore, SelfPlayer};
+    use benilla_ui::script::UiScript;
+    use crossbeam_channel::Receiver;
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+    const HEAL: u32 = 2050;
+    /// A spell that excludes its caster (`AttributesEx & 0x80000`).
+    const NOT_SELF: u32 = 2051;
+    /// A spell on row 114, 8 to 35 yd, which the reaches pad to 11 to 38.
+    const BANDED: u32 = 75;
+    const ME: u64 = 0x10;
+    const ALLY: u64 = 0xF130_0000_0000_0001;
+
+    /// The cast ladder, the unit-token resolver and a VM, with us at the origin and an ally
+    /// selected at `distance`. [`HEAL`] and [`NOT_SELF`] use row 5, 0 to 30 yd, which both 1.5
+    /// combat reaches pad to 33.
+    fn unit_world(distance: f32) -> (World, Receiver<ClientCommand>, Entity) {
+        let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+        let mut world = World::new();
+        world.insert_resource(NetCommands(tx));
+        world.init_resource::<crate::items::Items>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::net::GuidIndex>();
+        world.insert_resource(crate::net::Reputations(Vec::new()));
+        world.init_resource::<crate::spell::PendingCast>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::spell::QueuedMeleeSpell>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::spell::Cooldowns>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::spell::SpellModifiers>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::ui_action::CastErrors>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::spell::AutoRepeatActive>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::ui_tradeskill::TradeSkillOpens>();
+        world.init_resource::<SpellTargeting>();
+        world.init_resource::<Messages<crate::creature_anim::SheathRequest>>();
+        world.init_resource::<crate::ui_party::GroupState>();
+        let mut spells = crate::ui_action::Spells::empty_for_tests();
+        let row5 = |attributes_ex| benilla_formats::SpellDisplay {
+            range_index: 5,
+            attributes_ex,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        spells.catalog = benilla_formats::SpellCatalog::from_displays(HashMap::from([
+            (HEAL, row5(0)),
+            (NOT_SELF, row5(0x0008_0000)),
+            (
+                BANDED,
+                benilla_formats::SpellDisplay {
+                    range_index: 114,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                },
+            ),
+        ]));
+        let row = |min, max| benilla_formats::SpellRange { min, max, flags: 0 };
+        spells.ranges = benilla_formats::SpellRangeCatalog::from_rows(HashMap::from([
+            (5, row(0.0, 30.0)),
+            (114, row(8.0, 35.0)),
+        ]));
+        world.insert_resource(spells);
+        let empty = || ObjectStore(benilla_protocol::ObjectFields::default());
+        world.spawn((SelfPlayer, Guid(ME), GlobalTransform::default(), empty()));
+        let ally = world
+            .spawn((
+                Guid(ALLY),
+                GlobalTransform::from_translation(Vec3::new(distance, 0.0, 0.0)),
+                empty(),
+            ))
+            .id();
+        world.insert_resource(crate::target::Selection {
+            target: Some(ally),
+            guid: Some(ALLY),
+        });
+        let mut script = UiScript::new().expect("a VM");
+        script.set_spell_targeting(true);
+        world.insert_non_send_resource(script);
+        (world, rx, ally)
+    }
+
+    fn arm(world: &mut World, spell: u32, word: u16) {
+        world.resource_mut::<SpellTargeting>().enter(
+            spell,
+            super::super::cast_send::CastCommit::Spell,
+            word,
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Queue `SpellTargetUnit(token)` in the VM, then run the host's drain.
+    fn spell_target_unit(world: &mut World, token: &str) {
+        world
+            .non_send_resource_mut::<UiScript>()
+            .run(&format!("SpellTargetUnit({token:?})"))
+            .expect("a known token");
+        world
+            .run_system_cached(drain_spell_target_unit)
+            .expect("the drain runs");
+    }
+
+    fn errors(world: &mut World) -> Vec<crate::ui_action::CastFail> {
+        std::mem::take(&mut world.resource_mut::<crate::ui_action::CastErrors>().0)
+    }
+
+    /// `0x6e6d90` past the binding's checks: a token naming no unit ends the cast with "Out of
+    /// range."; a unit goes to `BindTarget`, which waits on a relation failure, raises "Out of
+    /// range." for a unit out of range with the cursor still up, and commits otherwise. The
+    /// selection never moves.
+    #[test]
+    fn spell_target_unit_ends_waits_or_binds_as_the_reference() {
+        let fail = |reason| vec![crate::ui_action::CastFail::local(HEAL, reason)];
+
+        // The VM queued a token, but the host is no longer targeting: nothing.
+        let (mut world, rx, _) = unit_world(10.0);
+        spell_target_unit(&mut world, "target");
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_err());
+        assert!(errors(&mut world).is_empty());
+
+        // A known token naming no unit: "Out of range." and targeting ends.
+        let (mut world, rx, _) = unit_world(10.0);
+        arm(&mut world, HEAL, 0x0002);
+        spell_target_unit(&mut world, "party1");
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_err(), "no send");
+        assert_eq!(errors(&mut world), fail(0x59));
+        assert!(
+            !world.resource::<SpellTargeting>().active(),
+            "the cast ends"
+        );
+
+        // A unit the relation refuses (assist, neutral with no catalog): silent, still armed.
+        let (mut world, rx, _) = unit_world(10.0);
+        arm(&mut world, HEAL, 0x0100);
+        spell_target_unit(&mut world, "target");
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_err());
+        assert!(errors(&mut world).is_empty(), "no error");
+        assert!(world.resource::<SpellTargeting>().active(), "still armed");
+
+        // Ourselves under a spell that excludes its caster: silent, still armed.
+        let (mut world, rx, _) = unit_world(10.0);
+        arm(&mut world, NOT_SELF, 0x0002);
+        spell_target_unit(&mut world, "player");
+        assert!(
+            rx.try_recv().is_err(),
+            "never ourselves under AttributesEx 0x80000"
+        );
+        assert!(errors(&mut world).is_empty(), "no error");
+        assert!(world.resource::<SpellTargeting>().active(), "still armed");
+
+        // In relation but out of range: "Out of range." and still armed.
+        let (mut world, rx, _) = unit_world(40.0);
+        arm(&mut world, HEAL, 0x0002);
+        spell_target_unit(&mut world, "target");
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_err());
+        assert_eq!(errors(&mut world), fail(0x59));
+        assert!(world.resource::<SpellTargeting>().active(), "still armed");
+
+        // In range: the cast goes to the unit and the cursor comes down.
+        let (mut world, rx, ally) = unit_world(10.0);
+        arm(&mut world, HEAL, 0x0002);
+        spell_target_unit(&mut world, "target");
+        assert!(matches!(
+            rx.try_recv(),
+            Ok(ClientCommand::CastSpell {
+                spell_id: HEAL,
+                target: Some(ALLY),
+            })
+        ));
+        assert!(errors(&mut world).is_empty());
+        assert!(!world.resource::<SpellTargeting>().active());
+        let selection = world.resource::<crate::target::Selection>();
+        assert_eq!((selection.target, selection.guid), (Some(ally), Some(ALLY)));
+    }
+
+    /// `SpellCanTargetUnit` asks `0x6e6460`'s unit leg per token: nil out of range, inside the
+    /// minimum included, and nil for ourselves under a spell that excludes its caster.
+    #[test]
+    fn spell_can_target_unit_is_nil_out_of_range() {
+        let can = |distance: f32, spell: u32, token: &str| {
+            let (mut world, _rx, _) = unit_world(distance);
+            arm(&mut world, spell, 0x0002);
+            world
+                .run_system_cached(feed_targeting_to_vm)
+                .expect("the feed runs");
+            world
+                .non_send_resource::<UiScript>()
+                .eval::<bool>(&format!("return SpellCanTargetUnit({token:?}) == true"))
+                .expect("a boolean")
+        };
+        assert!(can(10.0, HEAL, "target"), "in range");
+        assert!(!can(40.0, HEAL, "target"), "out of range answers nil");
+        assert!(can(40.0, HEAL, "player"), "ourselves at distance 0");
+        assert!(
+            !can(10.0, NOT_SELF, "player"),
+            "never ourselves under AttributesEx 0x80000"
+        );
+        assert!(can(10.0, NOT_SELF, "target"));
+        assert!(can(20.0, BANDED, "target"), "inside the band");
+        assert!(
+            !can(5.0, BANDED, "target"),
+            "inside the minimum answers nil"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// `0x6e61a0`: the pick takes us only while targeting, for a word in `0x850e` whose spell
+    /// lacks `AttributesEx & 0x80000`; [`PicksSelf`] carries it to the picker.
+    #[test]
+    fn the_pick_takes_us_only_for_a_friendly_word_that_admits_the_caster() {
+        let (mut world, _rx, _) = unit_world(10.0);
+        let picks = |world: &mut World| {
+            world
+                .run_system_cached(publish_picks_self)
+                .expect("the flag publishes");
+            world.resource::<PicksSelf>().0
+        };
+        world.init_resource::<PicksSelf>();
+        assert!(!picks(&mut world), "never outside targeting");
+        for word in [0x0002, 0x0004, 0x0008, 0x0100, 0x0400, 0x8000, 0x0102] {
+            arm(&mut world, HEAL, word);
+            assert!(picks(&mut world), "{word:#06x} takes us");
+        }
+        for word in [0x0080, 0x0200, 0x0040, 0x0010, 0x4800] {
+            arm(&mut world, HEAL, word);
+            assert!(!picks(&mut world), "{word:#06x} never takes us");
+        }
+        arm(&mut world, NOT_SELF, 0x0100);
+        assert!(!picks(&mut world), "a spell that excludes its caster");
+        world.resource_mut::<SpellTargeting>().clear();
+        assert!(!picks(&mut world), "and off again when the cursor ends");
+    }
 
     /// A terrain click while a poison is armed must not ship a DEST block for an item spell.
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/world.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/world.rs
index 6473df33..47cbe35b 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/world.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/spell/targeting/world.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 //! the pick flags (`0x481050`) come only from the word `0xcecac0`, so the word picks the leg:
 //!
 //! - terrain (`0x492c90` → `0x492580` → `BindLocation 0x6e60f0`): [`commit_ground_cast_on_click`]
-//! - object (`0x4925d0` → `SetSelection 0x493540` → `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`):
-//!   [`commit_object_cast_on_click`]
+//! - object (`0x4925d0` → `SetSelection 0x493540` → `BindTarget 0x6e5b40`), whose GameObject or
+//!   unit arm the picked object's type chooses: [`commit_object_cast_on_click`]
 //!
 //! A location-only word yields pick flags 3, whose `& 0x7c == 0` disables the object pick, so an
-//! AoE reticle clicks through a chest. Neither leg gates on range, validity or the lock: the
-//! server judges and its `SMSG_CAST_RESULT` is the refusal.
+//! AoE reticle clicks through a chest. The terrain and GameObject arms gate on nothing, not range,
+//! validity or the lock: the server judges and its `SMSG_CAST_RESULT` is the refusal. The unit arm
+//! runs `BindTarget`'s relation and range checks ([`super::bind_target_unit`]).
 
 use bevy::prelude::*;
 
@@ -68,21 +69,21 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_ground_cast_on_click(
 /// 0x493540`, whose first act while targeting is `BindTarget 0x6e5b40` and return, so the click
 /// never changes the player's target and never reaches the GameObject's unselectable check.
 ///
-/// `BindTarget` picks its arm by the clicked object's typemask; the GameObject arm tests the word's
-/// `0x4800`, writes wire bit `TARGET_FLAG_GAMEOBJECT` (`0x800`), clears those `0x4800` word bits,
-/// parks the guid (`0xceac60`), and the zero word lets it call `SendCast 0x6e54f0`. A unit click
-/// under a lock word binds nothing, since every unit arm tests a bit the word lacks; this is
-/// [`go_is_nearest`] here.
-///
-/// There is no gate before the send, not range nor the lock: the refusal is the server's
-/// `SMSG_CAST_RESULT`. The right-click path ([`crate::target::click`], `0x5f33e0`) does resolve the
-/// lock and can refuse locally.
+/// `BindTarget` picks its arm by the clicked object's typemask. The GameObject arm, when a word in
+/// `0x4800` puts GameObjects in the pick and one is the nearest hit ([`go_is_nearest`]), writes
+/// wire bit `TARGET_FLAG_GAMEOBJECT` (`0x800`), clears those `0x4800` word bits, parks the guid
+/// (`0xceac60`), and the zero word lets it call `SendCast 0x6e54f0`, with no gate before the send,
+/// not range nor the lock: the refusal is the server's `SMSG_CAST_RESULT`. The right-click path
+/// ([`crate::target::click`], `0x5f33e0`) does resolve the lock and can refuse locally. Otherwise
+/// the picked unit goes to the unit arm ([`super::bind_target_unit`]); a unit click under a lock
+/// word binds nothing there, since every unit arm tests a bit the word lacks.
 ///
 /// Runs after `select_on_click`, as the terrain commit does.
 pub(crate) fn commit_object_cast_on_click(
     mut clicks: MessageReader<WorldClick>,
     // The press's pick: the object the gesture started on.
     press: Res<crate::target::PressPick>,
+    checks: super::UnitBindChecks,
     mut ladder: crate::spell::CastLadder,
 ) {
     let (hovered, hovered_object) = (press.hovered, press.object);
@@ -94,14 +95,18 @@ pub(crate) fn commit_object_cast_on_click(
     if clicks.read().last().is_none() {
         return;
     }
-    // `TargetingWantsGameObject 0x6e62d0`: a poison's bare `0x10` word binds nothing here.
+    // `TargetingWantsGameObject 0x6e62d0`: without it the pick holds no GameObject.
+    if !(ladder.ground.wants(TargetingWants::GameObject)
+        && go_is_nearest(&hovered, &hovered_object))
+    {
+        if let Some((entity, guid)) = hovered.target.zip(hovered.guid) {
+            super::bind_target_unit(&mut ladder, &checks, entity, guid);
+        }
+        return;
+    }
     let Some((spell_id, commit)) = ladder.ground.pending_for(TargetingWants::GameObject) else {
         return;
     };
-    // The object leg only wins when a GameObject is the nearest hit.
-    if !go_is_nearest(&hovered, &hovered_object) {
-        return;
-    }
     let Some(guid) = hovered_object.guid else {
         return;
     };
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ mod tests {
         world.insert_resource(NetCommands(tx));
         world.init_resource::<crate::items::Items>();
         world.init_resource::<crate::net::GuidIndex>();
+        world.insert_resource(crate::net::Reputations(Vec::new()));
         world.init_resource::<crate::spell::PendingCast>();
         world.init_resource::<crate::spell::QueuedMeleeSpell>();
         world.init_resource::<crate::spell::Cooldowns>();
@@ -266,6 +272,158 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// A unit word waits for a valid unit click and sends that unit in the ordinary
+    /// `TARGET_FLAG_UNIT` spell shape. An assist word does not bind a neutral unit.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_click_on_a_hovered_unit_commits_the_hand_cursor_cast() {
+        const HEAL: u32 = 2050;
+        const ALLY: u64 = 0xF130_0000_0000_0001;
+        let (mut world, rx, id) = fixture();
+        world.resource_mut::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().enter(
+            HEAL,
+            crate::spell::cast_send::CastCommit::Spell,
+            0x0002,
+        );
+        world.resource_mut::<crate::target::PressPick>().hovered = Hovered {
+            target: Some(Entity::from_raw_u32(1).unwrap()),
+            guid: Some(ALLY),
+            distance: 5.0,
+            ..Hovered::default()
+        };
+        click(&mut world, id);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            rx.try_recv(),
+            Ok(ClientCommand::CastSpell {
+                spell_id: HEAL,
+                target: Some(ALLY),
+            })
+        ));
+        assert!(
+            !world.resource::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().active(),
+            "the unit bind clears the hand cursor"
+        );
+
+        // With no faction catalog the target's reaction is neutral (3): an ASSIST word must stay
+        // armed and send nothing, exactly as when that unit was selected before the cast.
+        let (mut world, rx, id) = fixture();
+        world.resource_mut::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().enter(
+            HEAL,
+            crate::spell::cast_send::CastCommit::Spell,
+            0x0100,
+        );
+        world.resource_mut::<crate::target::PressPick>().hovered = Hovered {
+            target: Some(Entity::from_raw_u32(1).unwrap()),
+            guid: Some(ALLY),
+            distance: 5.0,
+            ..Hovered::default()
+        };
+        click(&mut world, id);
+        assert!(
+            rx.try_recv().is_err(),
+            "a neutral unit must not receive the heal"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            world.resource::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().active(),
+            "an invalid unit click leaves the targeting word standing"
+        );
+
+        // A unit word puts no GameObject in the pick, so a chest nearer than the unit is no
+        // obstacle: the unit arm still binds.
+        let (mut world, rx, id) = fixture();
+        world.resource_mut::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().enter(
+            HEAL,
+            crate::spell::cast_send::CastCommit::Spell,
+            0x0002,
+        );
+        hover_go(&mut world, 2.0);
+        world.resource_mut::<crate::target::PressPick>().hovered = Hovered {
+            target: Some(Entity::from_raw_u32(1).unwrap()),
+            guid: Some(ALLY),
+            distance: 5.0,
+            ..Hovered::default()
+        };
+        click(&mut world, id);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            rx.try_recv(),
+            Ok(ClientCommand::CastSpell {
+                spell_id: HEAL,
+                target: Some(ALLY),
+            })
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /// `BindTarget`'s range leg (`6e6063`): a unit the relation checks accept but out of the
+    /// spell's range raises "Out of range." and the cursor stays armed; a click in range commits.
+    /// Row 5 is 0 to 30 yd, padded by both 1.5 combat reaches to 33.
+    #[test]
+    fn an_out_of_range_unit_click_raises_and_keeps_the_cursor() {
+        use std::collections::HashMap;
+        const HEAL: u32 = 2050;
+        const ALLY: u64 = 0xF130_0000_0000_0001;
+        let (mut world, rx, id) = fixture();
+        let mut spells = crate::ui_action::Spells::empty_for_tests();
+        spells.catalog = benilla_formats::SpellCatalog::from_displays(HashMap::from([(
+            HEAL,
+            benilla_formats::SpellDisplay {
+                range_index: 5,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )]));
+        spells.ranges = benilla_formats::SpellRangeCatalog::from_rows(HashMap::from([(
+            5,
+            benilla_formats::SpellRange {
+                min: 0.0,
+                max: 30.0,
+                flags: 0,
+            },
+        )]));
+        world.insert_resource(spells);
+        world.spawn((crate::net::SelfPlayer, GlobalTransform::default()));
+        let ally = world
+            .spawn(GlobalTransform::from_translation(Vec3::new(40.0, 0.0, 0.0)))
+            .id();
+        world.resource_mut::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().enter(
+            HEAL,
+            crate::spell::cast_send::CastCommit::Spell,
+            0x0002,
+        );
+        world.resource_mut::<crate::target::PressPick>().hovered = Hovered {
+            target: Some(ally),
+            guid: Some(ALLY),
+            distance: 5.0,
+            ..Hovered::default()
+        };
+
+        click(&mut world, id);
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_err(), "out of range sends nothing");
+        assert_eq!(
+            std::mem::take(&mut world.resource_mut::<crate::ui_action::CastErrors>().0),
+            vec![crate::ui_action::CastFail::local(HEAL, 0x59)],
+            "\"Out of range.\""
+        );
+        assert!(
+            world.resource::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().active(),
+            "the cursor stays armed"
+        );
+
+        world
+            .entity_mut(ally)
+            .insert(GlobalTransform::from_translation(Vec3::new(10.0, 0.0, 0.0)));
+        click(&mut world, id);
+        assert!(matches!(
+            rx.try_recv(),
+            Ok(ClientCommand::CastSpell {
+                spell_id: HEAL,
+                target: Some(ALLY),
+            })
+        ));
+        assert!(world
+            .resource::<crate::ui_action::CastErrors>()
+            .0
+            .is_empty());
+        assert!(!world.resource::<super::super::SpellTargeting>().active());
+    }
+
     /// Every way the object click must not commit.
     #[test]
     fn the_object_commit_holds_its_fire() {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs
index 508adba0..4f890139 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/hover.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,37 @@ pub(super) struct PickPose<'w, 's> {
     rigs: Query<'w, 's, &'static benilla_world::rig_palette::RigSkin>,
 }
 
+/// The local identity and whether the pick takes it, one [`SystemParam`] under the picker's param
+/// limit.
+#[derive(bevy::ecs::system::SystemParam)]
+pub(super) struct TargetHoverState<'w> {
+    /// For `IsSelectable`'s `UNIT_FIELD_CREATEDBY` clause.
+    self_guid: Res<'w, crate::net::SelfGuid>,
+    /// `0x6e61a0`'s pick flag `0x20`, as the frame began.
+    picks_self: Res<'w, crate::spell::PicksSelf>,
+}
+
+/// The posed pick's geometry under one model root: its skinned parts. Ours are dropped while
+/// hidden: first person hides them ([`crate::player::apply_self_model_fade`] at alpha 0), where the
+/// reference's camera fade clears its player-visible flag `[0xc4d74c]` (`0x482c41`) and
+/// `ShouldRender 0x5ec8f0` refuses the active player, so it is never picked.
+#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)] // the picker's own part query, borrowed as-is
+fn posed_parts<'a>(
+    kids: &Children,
+    parts: &'a Query<(
+        &Mesh3d,
+        &benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPart,
+        Option<&InheritedVisibility>,
+    )>,
+    is_self: bool,
+) -> Vec<(&'a Mesh3d, &'a benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPart)> {
+    kids.iter()
+        .filter_map(|c| parts.get(c).ok())
+        .filter(|(_, _, drawn)| !is_self || drawn.is_none_or(|v| v.get()))
+        .map(|(mesh, part, _)| (mesh, part))
+        .collect()
+}
+
 /// The unit under the cursor, as the reference's pick (`0x7089c0`) finds it. Broad phase: the ray
 /// against the playing sequence's bounds sphere. Pass 1: the ray against the posed render mesh,
 /// nearest wins. Pass 2, the mouse pick's retry when pass 1 hit nothing anywhere: every vertex
@@ -102,8 +133,8 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
     mut hovered: ResMut<Hovered>,
     mesh_assets: Res<Assets<Mesh>>,
     pose: PickPose,
-    // For `IsSelectable`'s `UNIT_FIELD_CREATEDBY` clause.
-    self_guid: Res<crate::net::SelfGuid>,
+    // Our own body joins the pick only while a targeting word takes it (`0x6e61a0`).
+    target_state: TargetHoverState,
     // Last frame's pick, which outranks everything in pass 2 (the reference's anti-flicker cache).
     mut last_pick: Local<Option<Entity>>,
     // Unit roots. An undrawn body is not in the reference's draw list, so it takes no mouseover,
@@ -111,6 +142,7 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
     roots: Query<
         (
             Entity,
+            Has<SelfPlayer>,
             &GlobalTransform,
             &NetEntity,
             Option<&ModelAnimations>,
@@ -121,11 +153,15 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
             Option<&InheritedVisibility>,
             Option<&HeldAttached>,
         ),
-        (With<Guid>, Without<SelfPlayer>),
+        With<Guid>,
     >,
     // The part children of every pick model root: body, worn items and mount.
     child_sets: Query<&Children>,
-    parts: Query<(&Mesh3d, &benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPart)>,
+    parts: Query<(
+        &Mesh3d,
+        &benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPart,
+        Option<&InheritedVisibility>,
+    )>,
     // The box fallback: every `CreaturePickPart`, the fallback cube included.
     meshes: Query<
         (
@@ -137,7 +173,7 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
         With<CreaturePickPart>,
     >,
     // The pick's guid and kind; the kind decides which slot of `Hovered` a hit lands in.
-    units: Query<(&Guid, &NetEntity), Without<SelfPlayer>>,
+    units: Query<(&Guid, &NetEntity)>,
 ) {
     hovered.target = None;
     hovered.guid = None;
@@ -178,7 +214,12 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
     let mut candidates: Vec<(Entity, u8, Vec<AssetId<Mesh>>, Vec<Mat4>)> = Vec::new();
     // Units with skinned parts: out of the box fallback even when the broad phase rejects them.
     let mut faithful: HashSet<Entity> = HashSet::new();
-    for (entity, gt, net, anims, drv, store, children, mount_child, drawn, held) in &roots {
+    let picks_self = target_state.picks_self.0;
+    for (entity, is_self, gt, net, anims, drv, store, children, mount_child, drawn, held) in &roots
+    {
+        if is_self && !picks_self {
+            continue;
+        }
         // Units, players and corpses: the reference picks every CGObject in one trace and
         // switches on type at the end, below.
         if !matches!(
@@ -241,7 +282,7 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
             let Ok(kids) = child_sets.get(root) else {
                 continue;
             };
-            let sk: Vec<_> = kids.iter().filter_map(|c| parts.get(c).ok()).collect();
+            let sk = posed_parts(kids, &parts, is_self);
             let Some(palette) = palette_of(&sk) else {
                 continue;
             };
@@ -280,6 +321,9 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
         if faithful.contains(&parent) {
             continue; // posed-mesh-tested above
         }
+        if !picks_self && roots.get(parent).is_ok_and(|root| root.1) {
+            continue;
+        }
         // The same kinds as the posed pick. A bone pile lands here: its corpse model has no
         // skeleton, so only this box test can pick it.
         let Ok((_, parent_net)) = units.get(parent) else {
@@ -331,13 +375,13 @@ pub(super) fn update_hover(
             if net.kind == EntityKind::Corpse {
                 hovered.corpse = Some(entity);
                 hovered.corpse_guid = Some(guid.0);
-            } else if selectable_pick(entity, &roots, self_guid.0) {
+            } else if selectable_pick(entity, &roots, target_state.self_guid.0) {
                 hovered.target = Some(entity);
                 hovered.guid = Some(guid.0);
             } else {
                 hovered.refused = true;
             }
-        } else if selectable_pick(entity, &roots, self_guid.0) {
+        } else if selectable_pick(entity, &roots, target_state.self_guid.0) {
             hovered.target = Some(entity);
         } else {
             hovered.refused = true;
@@ -364,6 +408,7 @@ fn selectable_pick(
     roots: &Query<
         (
             Entity,
+            Has<SelfPlayer>,
             &GlobalTransform,
             &NetEntity,
             Option<&ModelAnimations>,
@@ -374,11 +419,11 @@ fn selectable_pick(
             Option<&InheritedVisibility>,
             Option<&HeldAttached>,
         ),
-        (With<Guid>, Without<SelfPlayer>),
+        With<Guid>,
     >,
     self_guid: Option<u64>,
 ) -> bool {
-    let store = roots.get(entity).ok().and_then(|r| r.5);
+    let store = roots.get(entity).ok().and_then(|r| r.6);
     super::relations::is_selectable(store, self_guid)
 }
 
@@ -766,6 +811,121 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(resolved[4], net, "the net entity resolves to itself");
     }
 
+    /// First person hides our own parts (`Visibility::Hidden`), and the posed pick drops them, as
+    /// `ShouldRender 0x5ec8f0` refuses the active player then; anyone else's stay the root's call.
+    #[test]
+    fn our_hidden_parts_leave_the_posed_pick() {
+        let mut world = World::new();
+        let root = world.spawn_empty().id();
+        let rig = world.spawn_empty().id();
+        let part = |world: &mut World, drawn| {
+            world
+                .spawn((
+                    ChildOf(root),
+                    Mesh3d(Handle::default()),
+                    benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPart(rig),
+                    drawn,
+                ))
+                .id()
+        };
+        let shown = part(&mut world, InheritedVisibility::VISIBLE);
+        part(&mut world, InheritedVisibility::HIDDEN);
+        let count = move |is_self: bool| {
+            move |kids: Query<&Children>,
+                  parts: Query<(
+                &Mesh3d,
+                &benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPart,
+                Option<&InheritedVisibility>,
+            )>| {
+                posed_parts(kids.get(root).expect("the parts"), &parts, is_self).len()
+            }
+        };
+        assert_eq!(world.run_system_once(count(false)).unwrap(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(
+            world.run_system_once(count(true)).unwrap(),
+            1,
+            "ours: only the drawn part"
+        );
+        world.entity_mut(shown).insert(InheritedVisibility::HIDDEN);
+        assert_eq!(
+            world.run_system_once(count(true)).unwrap(),
+            0,
+            "first person: nothing of ours to pick"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Our own body joins the unit pick only while [`crate::spell::PicksSelf`] says the word takes
+    /// it (`0x480610` at `480638`), here through the box fallback of a body with no skinned parts.
+    #[test]
+    fn our_body_joins_the_pick_only_while_the_word_takes_it() {
+        use bevy::camera::RenderTargetInfo;
+        use bevy::window::WindowResolution;
+
+        let mut world = World::new();
+        world.init_resource::<CameraControl>();
+        world.init_resource::<PointerOverUi>();
+        world.insert_resource(PickOcclusion {
+            distance: f32::INFINITY,
+            point: None,
+        });
+        world.init_resource::<crate::vplates::PlateHover>();
+        world.init_resource::<Hovered>();
+        world.init_resource::<Assets<Mesh>>();
+        world.init_resource::<benilla_world::rig_palette::RigPalettes>();
+        world.insert_resource(crate::net::SelfGuid(Some(1)));
+        world.init_resource::<crate::spell::PicksSelf>();
+        // Ten yards up the Z axis, looking down it through a 100-pixel square.
+        let mut camera = Camera::default();
+        camera.computed.clip_from_view = Mat4::perspective_infinite_reverse_rh(1.0, 1.0, 0.1);
+        camera.computed.target_info = Some(RenderTargetInfo {
+            physical_size: UVec2::splat(100),
+            scale_factor: 1.0,
+        });
+        world.spawn((
+            camera,
+            GlobalTransform::from_translation(Vec3::new(0.0, 0.0, 10.0)),
+            WorldCamera,
+        ));
+        let mut window = Window {
+            resolution: WindowResolution::new(100, 100),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        window.set_cursor_position(Some(Vec2::splat(50.0)));
+        world.spawn((window, PrimaryWindow));
+        // Us, at the origin under the cursor, with one drawn pick box.
+        let me = world
+            .spawn((
+                SelfPlayer,
+                Guid(1),
+                NetEntity {
+                    kind: EntityKind::Player,
+                    display_id: None,
+                    scale: 1.0,
+                },
+                GlobalTransform::default(),
+                InheritedVisibility::VISIBLE,
+            ))
+            .id();
+        world.spawn((
+            ChildOf(me),
+            CreaturePickPart,
+            Aabb::from_min_max(Vec3::splat(-1.0), Vec3::splat(1.0)),
+            GlobalTransform::default(),
+            InheritedVisibility::VISIBLE,
+        ));
+        let hover = |world: &mut World, picks: bool| {
+            world.resource_mut::<crate::spell::PicksSelf>().0 = picks;
+            world
+                .run_system_cached(update_hover)
+                .expect("the pick runs");
+            world.resource::<Hovered>().target
+        };
+
+        assert_eq!(hover(&mut world, false), None, "not ours to pick");
+        assert_eq!(hover(&mut world, true), Some(me), "a word that takes us");
+        assert_eq!(hover(&mut world, false), None, "and not once it ends");
+    }
+
     /// Naxxramas's "Unholy Axe" is an `InvisibleStalker` body with no vertices holding a real axe,
     /// which is its whole pick surface.
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/mod.rs
index 5e54c3af..9ffe778d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/target/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/target/mod.rs
@@ -310,13 +310,18 @@ impl Plugin for TargetPlugin {
                     crate::spell::targeting::commit_object_cast_on_click,
                     click::act_on_right_click,
                     click::clear_target_requests,
-                    // The unit-token asks (`TargetUnit`, `AssistUnit`, `TargetLastEnemy`: one
-                    // drain, as the reference has one `0x489a40`) and `DropItemOnUnit`'s pet leg,
-                    // independent of each other.
+                    // The UI's unit-token drains. `SpellTargetUnit` first: it binds the cursor's
+                    // cast and never moves the selection. Then the selection asks (`TargetUnit`,
+                    // `AssistUnit`, `TargetLastEnemy`: one drain, as the reference has one
+                    // `0x489a40`) and `DropItemOnUnit`'s pet leg, independent of each other.
                     (
-                        click::selection_requests,
-                        crate::ui_action::drop_item::drop_item_on_unit,
-                    ),
+                        crate::spell::targeting::drain_spell_target_unit,
+                        (
+                            click::selection_requests,
+                            crate::ui_action::drop_item::drop_item_on_unit,
+                        ),
+                    )
+                        .chain(),
                     // The by-name asks: `/target`, the Lua `TargetByName` and `/assist` commit
                     // through `scan::commit`; `/follow` hands its subject to `crate::player`.
                     (
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/drain.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/drain.rs
index afa99cb2..d5b8edcc 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/drain.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/drain.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ pub(super) fn old_target_cleared(previous: Option<u64>, now: Option<u64>) -> boo
 /// The old-target clear's `PetStopAttack` (`0x493910`, at `0x493a18` when `0x5ee5a0` finds a
 /// possessed unit at `0x493a0f`). It sits before the notify branch, so every selection writer runs
 /// it; a re-select runs no clear (`0x493540`).
-pub(super) fn pet_stop_on_old_target_clear(
+pub(crate) fn pet_stop_on_old_target_clear(
     selection: Res<Selection>,
     mut previous: Local<Option<u64>>,
     mut bar: ResMut<PetBar>,
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/mod.rs
index 81915baa..d0f60d7d 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_pet/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ mod net;
 mod unit;
 
 use bar::feed_pet_bar;
-use drain::{drain_pet_actions, pet_stop_on_old_target_clear};
+use drain::drain_pet_actions;
+pub(crate) use drain::pet_stop_on_old_target_clear;
 use menu::{drain_pet_menu, feed_pet_menu};
 use unit::feed_pet_unit;
 
diff --git a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_unit.rs b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_unit.rs
index 87edbeac..5132dd48 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_unit.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-app/src/ui_unit.rs
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ impl UnitTokens<'_, '_> {
 }
 
 /// Every token [`UnitTokens`] resolves, `"player"` included (the reference answers d² = 0).
-fn reach_tokens() -> impl Iterator<Item = &'static str> {
+pub(crate) fn reach_tokens() -> impl Iterator<Item = &'static str> {
     ["player", "target", "targettarget", "mouseover", "pet"]
         .into_iter()
         .chain(crate::ui_party::PARTY_TOKENS)
diff --git a/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/display.rs b/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/display.rs
index a6d69f04..d99413e6 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/display.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/display.rs
@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ impl SpellDisplay {
         self.attributes_ex3 & ATTR_EX3_NO_CHANNEL_BAR != 0
     }
 
+    /// `AttributesEx & 0x80000`: the targeting cursor never takes the caster, neither the world
+    /// pick (`0x6e61a0` at `6e61cf`) nor `SpellCanTargetUnit`'s unit leg (`0x6e6460` at `6e6507`).
+    pub fn excludes_caster(&self) -> bool {
+        self.attributes_ex & ATTR_EX_EXCLUDE_CASTER != 0
+    }
+
     /// `AttributesEx & 0x2000_0000` (`0x6e759a`): the channel bar shows the spell's own name
     /// (`0x6e75a9`), else `CHANNELING` (`0x6e75bc`); nine channels set it, Fishing among them.
     pub fn channel_bar_own_name(&self) -> bool {
diff --git a/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/mod.rs
index 21fef33f..b127fd33 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/mod.rs
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ const ATTR_DO_NOT_DISPLAY: u32 = 0x80;
 pub const SPELL_ATTR_IS_TRADESKILL: u32 = 0x20;
 /// `SPELL_ATTR_EX_NO_AURA_ICON`: hidden from the aura bar, as all three warrior stances are.
 const ATTR_EX_NO_AURA_ICON: u32 = 0x1000_0000;
+/// `SPELL_ATTR_EX_EXCLUDE_CASTER` (vmangos `SpellDefines.h:851`): the targeting cursor never takes
+/// the caster (`0x6e61cf`, `0x6e6507`).
+const ATTR_EX_EXCLUDE_CASTER: u32 = 0x0008_0000;
 
 /// `SPELL_EFFECT_ATTACK`: only 6603 "Attack" has it, but the client tests the effect, not the id.
 const SPELL_EFFECT_ATTACK: u32 = 78;
diff --git a/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/ranges.rs b/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/ranges.rs
index ed3737b5..d8eec939 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/ranges.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-formats/src/spells/ranges.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ impl SpellRangeCatalog {
         self.ranges.get(&index)
     }
 
+    /// Fixture constructor for tests; the live path is [`load_spell_ranges`].
+    pub fn from_rows(ranges: HashMap<u32, SpellRange>) -> Self {
+        Self { ranges }
+    }
+
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.ranges.len()
     }
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor.rs
index 4f5a3f62..281e3cab 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/cursor.rs
@@ -403,9 +403,10 @@ impl super::UiScript {
         self.model_mut().item_pick_armed = armed;
     }
 
-    /// Push what `SpellCanTargetUnit` answers: whether the armed targeting cast can take a unit.
-    pub fn set_spell_can_target_unit(&mut self, can: bool) {
-        self.model_mut().spell_can_target_unit = can;
+    /// Push the unit tokens for which the armed word's unit checks all pass.
+    pub fn set_spell_targetable_units<'a>(&mut self, tokens: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a str>) {
+        self.model_mut().spell_targetable_units =
+            tokens.into_iter().map(str::to_ascii_lowercase).collect();
     }
 
     /// Drain the `(bag, slot)` picks since the last call; a paper-doll pick reports as
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/model.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/model.rs
index 5a0eb9f6..d1d1db02 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/model.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/model.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Model {
     pub(crate) target_clear: bool,
     /// `DropItemOnUnit` tokens (`0x48d960`), gated by the app; a refusal silently keeps the item.
     pub(crate) drop_item_on_unit: Vec<String>,
+    /// `SpellTargetUnit` tokens: a unit frame binds the spell currently waiting on the cursor.
+    pub(crate) spell_target_unit: Vec<String>,
 
     /// Channels the server confirmed, in join order: the numbers `GetChannelName` answers.
     pub(crate) joined_channels: Vec<Option<String>>,
@@ -432,9 +434,9 @@ pub(crate) struct Model {
     /// Spell targeting is on (`SpellIsTargeting`, `0x6e6cd0`); it gates `SpellStopTargeting()`,
     /// whose nil the ESC chain falls through on (`UIParent.lua:1490`).
     pub(crate) spell_targeting: bool,
-    /// `SpellCanTargetUnit` (`0x6e6d00`, `0x6e6460`): false while targeting models only location,
-    /// item and object words; a unit-target spell resolves or refuses without entering targeting.
-    pub(crate) spell_can_target_unit: bool,
+    /// Tokens for which `SpellCanTargetUnit`'s armed unit word clears fully, used by stock unit
+    /// frames before they call `SpellTargetUnit`.
+    pub(crate) spell_targetable_units: HashSet<String>,
     /// `SpellStopTargeting()` fired while targeting: the ESC targeting cancel.
     pub(crate) spell_stop_targeting: bool,
 
@@ -1061,6 +1063,7 @@ impl Model {
             target_nearest_friend_requests: Vec::new(),
             target_by_name_requests: Vec::new(),
             drop_item_on_unit: Vec::new(),
+            spell_target_unit: Vec::new(),
             target_clear: false,
             joined_channels: Vec::new(),
             party: party::PartyState::default(),
@@ -1148,7 +1151,7 @@ impl Model {
             casting: false,
             spell_stop: false,
             spell_targeting: false,
-            spell_can_target_unit: false,
+            spell_targetable_units: HashSet::new(),
             spell_stop_targeting: false,
             talents: super::talent::TalentUiState::default(),
             talent_learns: Vec::new(),
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/spellbook.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/spellbook.rs
index 78f2932b..58fb14b1 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/spellbook.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/spellbook.rs
@@ -596,14 +596,18 @@ pub(super) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         })?,
     )?;
 
-    // SpellCanTargetUnit("unit") (`0x6e6d00`) asks `0x6e6460`'s unit leg whether the targeting
-    // word can take the unit. The token is not read: no word benilla can arm (location, item,
-    // gameobject) takes a unit, and unit words are not built.
+    // SpellCanTargetUnit("unit") (`0x6e6d00`) asks `0x6e6460`'s unit leg whether the standing
+    // word clears against that resolved unit.
     g.set(
         "SpellCanTargetUnit",
-        lua.create_function(|lua, _unit: Option<String>| {
+        lua.create_function(|lua, unit: Option<String>| {
             let model = lua.app_data_ref::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
-            if model.spell_can_target_unit {
+            let can = unit.is_some_and(|unit| {
+                model
+                    .spell_targetable_units
+                    .contains(&unit.to_ascii_lowercase())
+            });
+            if can {
                 Ok(Value::Boolean(true))
             } else {
                 Ok(Value::Nil)
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs
index 4f2782fc..9e4b8ff3 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/bindings.rs
@@ -1079,12 +1079,31 @@ pub(in crate::script) fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
         })?,
     )?;
 
-    // SpellTargetUnit(unit): a no-op. A unit-target spell never enters targeting mode here, and for
-    // the location, item and gameobject modes this client arms, the reference's `BindTarget`
-    // (`0x6e5b40`) rejects a unit too. Stock `PetFrame_OnClick` calls it, so it must exist.
+    // SpellTargetUnit(unit) (`0x6e6d90`): an argument that is not a string or a number raises
+    // `Usage:`; while not targeting the call is a silent no-op, before the token is read; an
+    // unknown token then raises `Unknown unit name`. The token queues for the host, which ends
+    // targeting with "Out of range." when it names no unit and otherwise runs `BindTarget`
+    // (`0x6e5b10` → `0x6e5b40`).
     g.set(
         "SpellTargetUnit",
-        lua.create_function(|_, _token: Option<String>| Ok(()))?,
+        lua.create_function(|lua, token: Value| {
+            let token = crate::script::binding_abi::string_arg(
+                lua,
+                token,
+                r#"Usage: SpellTargetUnit("unit")"#,
+            )?;
+            if !lua
+                .app_data_ref::<Model>()
+                .expect("model app_data")
+                .spell_targeting
+            {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            check_unit_token(&Some(token.clone()))?;
+            let mut model = lua.app_data_mut::<Model>().expect("model app_data");
+            model.spell_target_unit.push(token);
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
     )?;
 
     // ClearTarget(): 1 when it cleared a target, nil when there was none, which `ToggleGameMenu`'s
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/mod.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/mod.rs
index de589077..b141be55 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/mod.rs
@@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ impl super::UiScript {
     pub fn take_drop_item_on_unit(&mut self) -> Vec<String> {
         std::mem::take(&mut self.model_mut().drop_item_on_unit)
     }
+
+    /// Drain `SpellTargetUnit` calls for the host's pending unit-target spell binder.
+    pub fn take_spell_target_unit(&mut self) -> Vec<String> {
+        std::mem::take(&mut self.model_mut().spell_target_unit)
+    }
 }
 
 /// The non-`"player"` token of a two-unit call such as `UnitIsEnemy(a, b)`, which the snapshot
diff --git a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/tests.rs b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/tests.rs
index 3b482b0c..70ff364e 100644
--- a/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/benilla-ui/src/script/unit/tests.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,56 @@ fn player() -> UnitState {
     }
 }
 
+/// `0x6e6d90`'s order: the `Usage:` check, the not-targeting no-op, the token check, the queue.
+#[test]
+fn spell_target_unit_checks_in_the_references_order() {
+    let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
+    let usage = |s: &mut UiScript, call: &str| {
+        let err = s.run(call).expect_err(call).to_string();
+        assert!(
+            err.contains(r#"Usage: SpellTargetUnit("unit")"#),
+            "{call}: {err}"
+        );
+    };
+
+    // Not targeting: the argument is still type-checked, then nothing, not even the token check.
+    usage(&mut s, "SpellTargetUnit({})");
+    usage(&mut s, "SpellTargetUnit()");
+    s.run(r#"SpellTargetUnit("not-a-unit") SpellTargetUnit("player")"#)
+        .expect("a bad token is no error while not targeting");
+    assert!(s.take_spell_target_unit().is_empty(), "and nothing queues");
+
+    // Targeting: an unknown token raises, a known one queues, resolved or not.
+    s.set_spell_targeting(true);
+    usage(&mut s, "SpellTargetUnit(nil)");
+    let err = s
+        .run(r#"SpellTargetUnit("not-a-unit")"#)
+        .expect_err("an unknown token while targeting")
+        .to_string();
+    assert!(err.contains("Unknown unit name: not-a-unit"), "{err}");
+    s.run(r#"SpellTargetUnit("player") SpellTargetUnit("party1")"#)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.take_spell_target_unit(),
+        vec!["player".to_string(), "party1".to_string()]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn spell_can_target_unit_answers_per_validated_token() {
+    let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();
+    s.set_spell_targetable_units(["player", "party1"]);
+    assert!(s
+        .eval::<bool>(r#"return SpellCanTargetUnit("player") == true"#)
+        .unwrap());
+    assert!(s
+        .eval::<bool>(r#"return SpellCanTargetUnit("PARTY1") == true"#)
+        .unwrap());
+    assert!(s
+        .eval::<bool>(r#"return SpellCanTargetUnit("target") == nil"#)
+        .unwrap());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn unit_reaction_reports_the_scale_value_or_nil() {
     let mut s = UiScript::new().unwrap();